Bracket for holding pocketbooks



38111.5, 193?. LC' HEN 2,066,825

BRACKET FOR HOLDING POCKETBOOKS Filed May 26, 1936 [.m/enior Ze'on Cohen Hfiorneys '35 mg drawing, in which? Patented Jan. 5, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,066,825] fj f l BRACKET Fon HOLDING .rooKEirBooKs u Leon Cohen, Downey, Calif. V 'Application May 26, 1936, Serial No. 81,926"

, 1 I .13 Claims. (ora 3) My invention relates to a bracket for holding i pocketbooks of a type in which a wall plate may be attached-to a wall or a door of a closet or -other structure and removable bracket arms are "used to form a support for pocket books or similar articles,

In this type of bracket assembly one of the objects and features thereof is the'formation of -a wall plate from a fiat sheet metal blank, this '10 being cut to the contour of the plate andthen die-pressed into shape forming apair of sockets with the main portion extending outwardly-in front of the main plane of the wall plate, the sockets being formed by slitting the metal of the plate, pressing'a front portion outwardly and then folding a back tab to form the back of the socket, this when completed and welded forming a socket with a resilient or spring gripping action on the plug portionof the supporting arms in- 20. serted therein.- My invention also pertains to other details in the manufacture and finished construction of the wall plate.

T Another and' further object and feature ofmy invention is constructing a series of wall plates to 25 interfit whereby-from an upper plate, a lower *plate with bracket arms/may. be suspended and therefore in a sequence a panel may be built up --of a series of the wall plates, each with their bracket arms and the wall plates being so shaped :"30 that they hang vertically on a wall structure '-without. buckling outwardly due to the weight of JD OCKCt books, or the like supported on the -brackets.

My invention is illustrated in the accompany- Figure 1 is a front elevation taken in thedirection ofthe arrow! of Figure 2 of apanel of brackets, the supporting arms on the lower wall plate being broken away. 1

40" Figure 2 is a side elevation taken in the direction of the arrow 2 of Figure '1.

Figure 3 is a rear View of one or. the wall plates taken in the direction of the arrow 3 of Figure 4.

' Figure 4 is a plan of the wall plate taken in th ("45. direction of the arrow 4 of Figure 3.

-- Figure 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 5-'-5of Figure 3 in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a plan of the blank prior to diepressing.

;:-;. 5o-1 Describing first the features of the blank,'this has a central body structure II with two upper divergingarms "and two lower diverging arms I3. At the. bottom adjacent the arms [3 there are narrow. strips mat the end of which there is an enlarged tab l5. There are also short margi 5 nal lugs l6 below the arms l2.

In shaping the wall plate a socket structure is designated by' the numeral 20. This is madeby providinga slit-2| inthe blank and above this slit there is a rearwardly pressed vertical portion 10 22 andan outwardly pressed socket face 23, this being thus open at the top 24 where theupper edge is'pressed forwardly from the horizontal slit 2|. Each of the narrow strips I4 is bent upwardly forming a reverse; fold 25 and the tabs'l5 have the center surface 26 pressed forwardly towards the front of the wall plate. The tabs and the strips M are then welded or soldered to the 1 back of the wall plate so that the indented central surface 26 in the rear formswith the front '20 portion of the socket a restraining member for holding an article inserted in the socket. There are perforations 21 in the upper part of the rearwardly pressed portions 22 for attaching the upper wall plate to a wall or the like. 5 25 The upper arms l2 have a sloping U shaped guide 30 formed at the outer ends, this being done by a reverse bend as illustrated at '3! and this having a slope; There is a vertical offset angle 32 adjacent each side of the wall plate so that 30 the face portion 33 having the upper and lower arms extends outwardly beyond the front face 34 of the main portion of the paneLthis main portion, howeverjhaving a central part 35 pressed outwardly, this being mainly for the purpose of 35 ornamentation and also in part to stifien the article.

Immediately below the arms l2 the lugs iii are bent rearwardly as illustrated at 36, these thus being positioned below the arms l2. The lower arms l3 have a tightly pressed folded edge 31. The edge 38 is at the same angle to the vertical as the sloping guide surface 39 of the guide 30. The bracket arms 40 have a vertical plug portion 4| which fits in the sockets 20; This may be engaged in therearwardly indented strip portion 22 and then forced downwardly in the socket and is thus gripped between the front face and the forwardly indented portion 26, thus making a secure attachment of the bracket arm to a socket. Each bracket arm has a horizontal section 42 and an outwardly sloping section 43 joined by a curve 44 and at the top there is a reversely bent end portion 45.

In order to give a pleasing appearance, the marginal edges may be of any desired shape but I find it satisfactory to form the upper and lower edges between the upper and lower arms with convex curves and also the two side edges with a slight convex curvature. The front face of the metal of the wall plate is preferably finished with flock, which may be in any desired color and thus gives somewhat the appearance of suede or the like. If desired the back of each wall plate may be finished in flock or painted metal.

The manner of interfitting of the wall plates to form a panel is by engaging the folded edge 31 of the lower arms l3 of an upper plate in the upper guides 30 having the bent over portion 31 of a lower plate, this being shown in Figure 1. On account of having the slopes 38 and 39 the same in reference to the vertical and as these slopes are a reverse direction on opposite sides of the wall plate, a lower plate is thus securely attached to an upper plate. On account of having such a long edge caught in the guide, there is no tendency of a series of these wall plates bending or buckling adjacent their points of attachment one to the other when a weight is supported by each of the wall plates. The function of the inwardly bent lug 36 formed of the lug IS on the blank is to catch the lower edge 46 of the lower arms l3 when a lower wall plate .is thrust upwardly to disengage it from an upper wall plate in disassembling the device from a panel or when assembling these to prevent a lower wall plate being located too high on an upper plate. This is to prevent damage to the front finish on the pressed-out portion 23 of the .socket 20, for when the face of these plates is covered with flock, the catching or rubbing of a sharp edge against the flock damages the surface finish.

It will be seen by my invention that an upper wall plate with its bracket arms may be attached to a wall or the inside of a closet door or the like and further, that a panel may be built up of two or more of the wall plates, each with their bracket arms. Each pair of bracket arms may form a support for a pocket book or other article and hence these wall plates with their supporting arms may be purchased and used to make up the panel as a person desires to have a greater number of pocket books hung in a closet or the like.

Various changes may be made in the details of the construction without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a bracket, a wall plate having a horizontal slit, a socket face portion pressed forwardly below the slit, a tab secured to the back of the plate below the slit and forming the back portion of a socket.

2. In a bracket as claimed in claim 1, the wall plate having a vertical rearwardly pressed portion above the slit adapted to facilitate insertion of a plug portion of an arm in the said socket.

3. In a bracket, a wall plate having a horizontal slit, a socket face portion pressed forwardly below the slit, a tab secured to the back of the plate below the slit, .said tab having a central portion pressed forwardly, the said tab and the said forwardly pressed face forming a socket adapted to receive a plug of a supporting arm.

4. In a bracket as claimed in claim 3, the tab being attached to the wall plate by a narrow strip, said strip having a reverse fold.

5. In a bracket as claimed in claim 3, the wall plate above the slit having a vertical rearwardly pressed portion in alignment with the socket, the forwardly pressed central portion of the tab being positioned forwardly of the said vertical portion.

6. In a bracket as claimed in claim 3, the wall plate having lower arms with edges converging upwardly, a lower wall panel having upper arms with channel guides converging upwardly to interfit with the edges of the lower arms whereby a lower wall plate may be suspended from an upper wall plate.

7. In a bracket as claimed in claim 3, the wall plate having a pair of similar sockets with a bracket arm having its plug secured in each socket, the wall plate having upper arms with channel shaped guides converging upwardly and also have lower arms with marginal edges converging upwardly, the convergence of the channels and edges being at the same angle in reference to the vertical whereby a lower wall plate may be suspended from an upper wall plate by the channels interfitting with the said edges.

8. A bracket comprising in combination a wall plate having a main portion of the plate in a vertical plane, upper arms on each side pressed forwardly from the plane of the plate and having rearwardly bent channel guides, said guides converging upwardly towards the vertical axial center, lower arms on opposite sides substantially in the plane of the plate, each having a sloping edge converging upwardly to the axial center of the plate at the same angle as the channel guides whereby two or more wall plates may be suspended one from the other with the upper arms of a lower plate engaging the lower arms of an upper plate and supporting devices for articles secured to the wall plate.

9. A bracket as claimed in'claim 8, the supporting devices including sockets on the wall plate having a front portion bent forwardly, each of the plates having a rearwardly extending lug at its opposite side edges positioned below the upper arms and on a lower wall plate adapted to engage the lower arms of an upper plate and restrict the upward movement of the lower plate when disassembling from an upper plate tothereby prevent a lower plate engaging the socket structure of an upper plate.

10. A bracket as claimed in claim 8, the supporting devices including the wall plate having a horizontal slit, a socket structure having a portion of the plate below the slit pressed forwardly, a tab connected to the plate below the slit and back of the front portion of the socket extending forwardly, an arm having a plug inserted in the said socket.

11. In a bracket, awall plate having a horizontal slit, a vertical strip portion above the slit pressed rearwardly, a socket having a face portion of the plate pressed forwardly below the slit, a narrow strip connected to the bottom of the plate and having a reverse upper bend with a tab secured below the slit, the central portion of the tab being pressed forwardly to contract the socket, the rear surface of the rearwardly pressed vertical portion, the narrow strip and a portion of the tab surrounding the central portion being in substantially the same vertical plane and adapted to fit closely contiguous to a vertical wall.

12. Ina bracket as claimed in claim 11, the 75 wall plate having forwardly bent opposite side portions with a pair of upper arms and a pair of lower arms, the pair of upper arms having a vertical guide on the back, the lower arms having a reverse told on the edge, the edge told and the guides converging upwardly towards the bent from the main portion of the plate and having upper and lower arms with means for suspending a lower plate by its upper arms engaging the lower arms of an upper plate, the plate having a rearwardly extending lug on each side edge below the upper arms and adapted when a lower plate is suspended from an'upper plate to engage the lower arm of an upper plate in disassembly and prevent the lower plate contacting the front face portion of the socket 10 structure.

LEON COHEN. 

